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1、Unit3Inventorsandinventions***阅读理解。Almostnoonecanresistagoodmysterynovelordetectivenovel,sothesenovelssellthousandsofcopieseachyear.AndmanyreadersregardfamousmysteryauthorAgathaChristieasQueenofCrime,whosestoriesareknownfortheirtenseatmosphereandstrongpsychologicalsuspenseandhaveagreateff
2、ectontheEnglishmysterynovels.ChristiewasborninSeptember1890inEngland.Whenshewasgrowingup,hermotheroftentoldherstories.Christielovedthesestories,whichtookherintoaworldoffantasy.Christie’smotheralsoencouragedhertowritefromayoungageandalsotookhertotravelalot.ShemarriedArchieChristiein1914att
3、hebeginningofWorldWarⅠ.Duringthewar,Christiewroteherfirstdetectivestory:TheMysteriousAffairatStyles.Shechosethecrime,andtheninventedadetectivenamedHerculePoirot,rankingsecondtoSherlockHolmes,tosolveit.Shesentthebooktoapublisher,butitwasrejected.Afterthewarended,Christiesentherbooktomorepu
4、blishers,andfinally,in1920,onepublishedit.Sheearnedjust$25forit.Overthenextfewyears,Christiewrotemorebooksandshortstories,gainingexperienceasawriter.Inspiteofherliterarysuccess,lifewasnotgoingwellathome.In1928,ArchieandAgathagotadivorce(离婚).Ashorttimelater,shemetayoungarchaeologist,MaxMal
5、lowan.Aftergettingmarriedin1930,theybegantospendsometimeeachyearintheMiddleEast,whichprovidedsettingsforsomeofChristie’snovels,suchasMurderattheVicarage(1930),MurderontheOrientExpress(1934)andDeathontheNile(1939).Christiecontinuedwritingfortherestofherlife.WhenshediedinJanuary1976,readers
6、aroundtheworldmourned(哀悼)herdeath.Buthertalesofmysterycontinuetobelovedbynewgenerationsofreaders.They’vebeentranslatedintohundredsoflanguagesandaresellingwelltodayand outsoldonlybytheBibleandShakespeareinBritain.1.Asawhole,thistext .A.isabiographyofAgathaChristieB.promotesAgathaChrist
7、ie’snovelsC.explainshowAgathaChristiebecameawriterD.isareviewofAgathaChristie’snovels2.WhatdoweknowaboutHerculePoirot?A.HewasbetterknownthanSherlockHolmes.B.HemadeChristiebeefamous.C.Hewasgoodatcatchingcriminals.D.Hewastheonlymaincharacterinthenovel.3.Fromtheunderli
